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(March 15, 2009) Over two thousand years ago God showed to His servant John the future of the world at the end of the current age. He told John to write down the things he saw and heard. This resulted in the Book of Revelation. One of the things John observed was the rise of an evil global leader he called the beast and whom Christians call the Antichrist. He described this person in chapter 13 of Revelation: “2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” The Antichrist will be a phenominal orator with the full backing of the Devil who will give him great authority to rule on earth (Revelation 12:9 confirms that the dragon is the Devil and Paul makes it clear that the Devil or “the god of this world” as he calls him has some authority over the earth – 2 Corinthians 4:4). John sees an assassination attempt made on this leader although its not clear whether the Antichrist is killed and raised from dead or just wounded: “3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.” It appears that because of his miraculous recovery from the assassination attempt and because of his great oratory the world will worship him (and through him the Devil). His power seems to be all-encompassing as the people ask who is able to make war against him. The Antichrist will persecute the followers of God: “7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” From this last verse we can see that there is going to be a worldwide religious cult worshipping him. He is going to have a religious leader called the False Prophet (Revelation 19:20) head up this cult: “11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” The followers of the Antichrist will be identified by a mark they will receive in order to become members of his cult: “16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” This is probably the most well known concept in the Bible to non-believers in the world. John describes a future economic system whereby in order to participate a person is going to have to become a follower of the Antichrist. He does this by receiving some kind of identifying mark in right hand or forehead. Some believe this mark may be a computer chip that is implanted in a person which will allow them to participate in the economy. The implication is that the economy will have to become a cashless society and that all transactions will have to be able to be monitored by this global government. Remember, John is describing things that he saw in at least the 21st Century with a First Century experience. Since he wrote this over two thousand years ago it has not been technologically possible to track all the financial transactions in the whole world until the last decade or so. The following headlines illustrate that we are headed toward the global monitoring of our finances and a one-world system to implement the fulfillment of this prophecy:
Nobel-prize winner backs world currency: The article states “KAZAKH President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won backing for his plan for a single world currency from an intellectual architect of the euro currency, Nobel-prize winner Professor Robert Mundell. Nazarbayev, speaking at an economic forum in the glitzy new capital he has built on the Kazakh steppe, defended his proposal for the ‘acmetal’ world currency saying it might ‘look kind of funny’ but was not. And he received intellectual support from the Canadian economist Prof Mundell, who helped lay the intellectual groundwork for Europe’s single currency.” Russia is also calling for a common currency: At G20, Kremlin to Pitch New Currency - “The Kremlin published its priorities Monday for an upcoming meeting of the G20, calling for the creation of a supranational reserve currency to be issued by international institutions as part of a reform of the global financial system. The International Monetary Fund should investigate the possible creation of a new reserve currency, widening the list of reserve currencies or using its already existing Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, as a ‘superreserve currency accepted by the whole of the international community,’ the Kremlin said in a statement issued on its web site.” In Luxembourg a United Nations panel also is supporting the call for a common currency: U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar - “LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies, a member of the panel said on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the dollar.” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling for a single Islamic currency: Iran says capitalism on verge of collapse - The article reports, “Ahmadinejad made a series of recommendations, including currency cooperation.’The process of obtaining one single currency in the trade and exchanges among members, and in the next stages with other countries and neighbors, should be designed,’ he said.” China also has joined in the call for a new reserve currency: China calls for new reserve currency - “China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund. In an essay posted on the People’s Bank of China’s website, Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank’s governor, said the goal would be to create a reserve currency ‘that is disconnected from individual nations and is able to remain stable in the long run, thus removing the inherent deficiencies caused by using credit-based national currencies’.” If the whole world eventually resorts to a single currency it would then be easier to switch to a digital-only basis for a global system of finance.
45 percent of world’s wealth destroyed says Blackstone CEO: This article declares, “Private equity company Blackstone Group LP CEO Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that up to 45 percent of the world’s wealth has been destroyed by the global credit crisis. ‘Between 40 and 45 percent of the world’s wealth has been destroyed in little less than a year and a half,’ Schwarzman told an audience at the Japan Society. ’ This is absolutely unprecedented in our lifetime.’ But the U.S. government is committed to the preservation of financial institutions, he said, and will do whatever it takes to restart the economy.” This last sentence is very revealing in that it states that governments are willing to “do whatever it takes to restart the economy”. This will be the same reasoning that is used to implement the Antichrist’s global economic system.
Web founder warns against website snooping: This Reuters article talks about the World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee’s concerns about governmental and corporate monitoring of individual’s use of the Internet and their activities. The article states, “Technology now being developed will make it easier to decide who can see material one posts on the Web, and in what circumstances. For instance people may not want prospective employers to see an album of holiday photos, he said. Berners-Lee, a British software engineer who is now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said innovation on the World Wide Web was speeding up. ‘ The Web is not all done, it’s just the tip of the iceberg,’ Berners-Lee said. ‘ I am convinced that the new changes are going to rock the world even more.’” The technology will only get more intrusive as time goes on.
Advertisers get a trove of clues in smartphones: No technology is safe from either corporate or governmental intrusion as this article points out, “The millions of people who use their cellphones daily to play games, download applications and browse the Web may not realize that they have an unseen companion: advertisers that can track their interests, their habits and even their location. Smartphones, like the iPhone and BlackBerry Curve, are the latest and potentially most extensive way for advertisers to aim ads at certain consumers. Advertisers already tailor ads for small groups of consumers on the Web based on personal information. But cellphones have a much higher potential for personalized advertising, especially when they use applications like user-review sites like Yelp or Urbanspoon with GPS to identify a person’s location, right down to the street corner where they are standing.” What used to be personal is now open to scrutiny by government and corporate entities, even to the point that they can know our exact location at any given time.
There have been hundreds if not thousands of news stories similar to these. It is not hard to see how all this information that is becoming available to governments could one day be centralized under the leadership of one man. The power he could then exert over the world would be unprecedented in human history. John said that he saw such an individual come to power at the end of this age. The technology is here for him once he attains power. The only question left is, “Are the current world crises the forerunner to his ascension or will it take similar events in the future that will lead to rise of the Antichrist?”
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